A THUG left to look after a baby shook her so hard she was left blind and will probably never walk.

Ross Dunn, 28 – who admitted having a temper problem – was supposed to be minding the four-week-old tot while her mum was out.

Instead he tried to kill the baby, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

He shook her and struck her off a surface, leaving her with a fractured skull, broken leg, eye damage, bleeding and bruising. She is now registered blind.

Her mother told the High Court in Edinburgh: “She has been left with very severe lifelong disabilities. She is not mobile. She is very floppy like a small baby. She will likely never stand, walk, even sit by herself.”

Dunn denied trying to murder the child at a flat in Edinburgh on November 17, 2013, but was found guilty yesterday after a trial. He was also convicted of failing to seek timely medical aid for the child and failing to tell doctors how she was injured.

The jury heard the child was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh where it was noted that her heart rate was very high and there were signs her brain was not working properly. A consultant noted “a high pitched scream”.

A pattern of bruising was found above the baby’s ankle which was suggestive of being caused by “gripped fingers”.